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The following excerpt comes from Carlos Osweda on Twitter:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1286067548769923078.html

We all know that Trump is a student of The Art of War, by Sun Tzu.

But let’s look at The Thirty-six Stratagems, by Wang Jingze, which Trump also studies.

I’ll list just a few.

Mask one’s real goals from those in authority who lack vision by not alerting them to one’s movements or any part of one’s plan.

Wait at leisure while the enemy labors. Encourage the enemy to expend their energy in futile quests while one conserves their strength. When the enemy is exhausted and confused, attack with energy and purpose.

Create something from nothing. A plain lie. Make somebody believe there was something when there is in fact nothing or vice versa.

Deceive the enemy with an obvious approach that will take a very long time, while ambushing them with another approach.

Delay entering the field of battle until all other parties become exhausted by fighting amongst each other. Go in at full strength and finish them off.

Do something unusual, strange, and unexpected to arouse the enemy’s suspicion and disrupt their thinking.

Tying silk blossoms on a dead tree gives the illusion that the tree is healthy. Using artifice and disguise, make something worthless appear valuable and vice versa.

In important matters, one should use several stratagems applied simultaneously after another as in a chain of stratagems. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; if any one strategy fails, apply the next strategy.